Use of the Team-Based Learning Readiness Assessment Test as a Low-Stakes Weekly Summative Assessment to Promote Spaced and Retrieval-Based Learning

Spaced learning and retrieval-based learning are two powerful learning tools that have repeatedly been shown to be effective learning strategies. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a collaborative learning and teaching approach that is evidence-based and promotes active learning. To combine these learning strategies, we designed a TBL-centered preclinical curriculum that uses the readiness assurance test (RAT) as a low-stakes weekly summative assessment to promote spaced learning and retrieval-based learning. Since student preference for massed learning over spaced learning is well established, a TBL-centered curriculum designed to encourage spaced and retrieval-based learning may be beneficial to student learning.